Growth and puberty in German children: Is there still a positive secular trend?;Größenentwicklung und pubertät bei deutschen kindern: Gibt es noch einen positiven säkularen trend?

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 106, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Gohlke, Bettina ^a   Wölfle, Joachim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child health; Growth; Puberty; Quality of life; Short stature

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MATURATION; NUTRITION; PUBERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY SIZE; CHILD; GERMANY; GROWTH; HUMANS; PUBERTY; SECULARISM;

EID: 70049118574     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0377     Document Type: Review

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